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We're starting to increase our expectations, ... The guys like the sense of winning. They'd like to keep it going and know what it takes to keep it going.

We're starting to get our guys back who were hurt, which is great, although it gives us a lot of decisions to make. There's competition on defense for who's going to be in the lineup each and every night, which is good.

We're seeing some of these guys beginning to escalate themselves in the direction that you want to see them going.

We're running into some tough pitchers. We've had some guys go out there and pitch great games against us.

We're running down with speed and we have a lot of guys playing with great effort and enthusiasm. It's just guys committing themselves to going out and doing their jobs. We're working hard during the week and then finishing it up on Sundays.

We're right where I thought we would be. We had some tough games early and all the tournaments we played had quality teams ... we knew we had some guys we had to get some experience.

We're right there with everybody else. The division's tight. We were hoping to get closer to Calgary (on Sunday), but it didn't work out. Guys have worked hard all year and we're right in it.

We're looking forward to getting started again. The guys have worked hard in practice and in qualifying, and it's a nice reward to get to play in a tournament, especially in a place as nice as Puerto Rico. We're looking forward to knocking off some rust and getting ready for the rest of the spring.

We're looking for more consistency out of our team. I think that a lot of guys are still coming in with a little chip on their shoulder because you hear that it was a fluke, it was a terrible division. We're out to prove that we can do it again.

We're looking for intensity and guys to be fired up, but we can't be stupid about it either. All season long, we've made mistakes, and other teams have capitalized.

We're looking for guys that can play defense.

We're looking for Crowe, Wagner, Shelburne and Tingle to all have good a year. But it's going to take a while for some of these younger guys -- like Matthews, Siegel, Layton and all -- to get used to varsity pitching.

We're looking for certain guys to establish their roles. What are they going to be for this team? That's what preseason is about, especially with the team we have. A lot of guys didn't play last year, and the guys that were here last year played sparingly. Obviously, we have a lot of young talent here. We've just got to figure it out as the preseason goes along.

We're looking for big years out of those three. If those guys can produce and the other guys follow, then we're going to win a few ballgames.

We're looking for balance, ideally. You usually get three guys with 20 or more catches and I can't really say that it'll happen because we've got some guys really coming on.

We're looking for ambitious guys who also want to get around the 'frat boy' image.

We're looking for 35 or 38 or 39, and this is an opportunity to find out who are those guys beyond the 25.

We're not good enough to win many games when those guys shoot poorly.

We're not good enough to match up with those guys one-on-one. We have to rely on solid team defense to contain those guys.

We're not going to win all 82 games straight. Guys get tired, sometimes we lose our focus. We lose games. But right now we're on top of our game, I believe. We need to continue to do that to succeed. We want to win and be able to go into the break right. You feel better.

We've got more guys hurt than we've got guys healthy. So of course we're looking.

We've got more arms than we've had in a long time. And the thing about it is they are good. We've got some guys who can really pitch. It's going to be an exciting year from a pitching standpoint.

We've got guys with good form, but until we get them in competition, we don't know what they've got,

We've got guys who've lost homes; we're going to move into our fourth complex. Nothing bothers them. They just keep on going.

We've got guys who refuse to come out of the lineup. They know we need them as a team.

We've got guys who can fill in, it's just getting the guys in there and getting them reps and getting them up to speed. Chad Mock did a terrific job stepping in last week.

We've got guys who can do lot of different things.

We've got guys who aren't wrapping guys up, ... No matter how hard you hit them, you've still got to wrap them up.

We've got guys who aren't thinking of the team right now. They're thinking of themselves. It's showing up. We need people pulling on the rope.

We've got guys who are hungry and selfless, and we've got the right mix. We're going to grow up a lot this season. We'll take our fair share of bumps in the road, but we're going to get better.

We've got guys who are capable of pitching 200 innings, which is something they've done in the past. I don't think we're asking anything that they can't do or haven't done. We've been healthy this spring, and that's good.

We've got guys who are battling for a spot to get on the plane to go play a Big 12 team, ... Anytime you have guys working for that reason, you can get something done in practice

We've got guys we can always count on. We had three guys step up and hit 3-pointers that really contributed.

We've got guys up on the mountain trying to figure it out and negotiate where it's coming from and do an evaluation.

We've got guys turning the ball over right and left. We had 10 turnovers a game during league play, and we doubled that tonight. That's what's frustrating. When you have four guards on the floor, you shouldn't be turning the ball over.

We've got guys that will (get rest) based on how much their injuries affect them. The older the player the more beneficial rest can be. Or, it can depend on how many minutes the player's logged.

We've got guys that started the year struggling terribly at the plate. Now, they're starting to show some signs that they're coming out of that. The second game, execution-wise, yeah we probably could have really busted it open, but we're trying to get better.

We've got guys that can play. Whatever I can do out there that's effective and positive, I just try to do.

We've got guys that are young. They're getting a lot of experience at the varsity level, but with a young team you see young mistakes. Still, I see we are continuing to improve.

We've got guys that are better shooters than they're shooting. We've got to get more out of our break, we've got to get the right guys shooting and we've got to get our better players playing better.

We've got guys playing from all over the country playing here, East Coast, West Coast; plus you are on national television. It's a way to show the world you can play.

We've got guys picking each other up when we make mistakes instead of getting down on each other. In year's past, you had too many situations of offense versus defense.

... We've got guys on our teams whose homes are gone, and everything they've got is gone, ... Most went at least 24 hours before they could even find out if their people were OK. To do what they did this week shows that we've got some great young people on this football team. I have so much respect for them. I don't know if I could have done it.

We've got guys like Cas Prime and Justin Anderson who can run, too.

We've got guys in the room we feel can step up next year and bring us back up.

We've got guys here that enjoy that, ... They want people looking at them and wondering what this team is all about.

We've got great officials in this league. Now it's up to us to train them so that penalties are the same in every game. I think we need to be clear that it's impossible for every crew to get every call right. But we need to be sure that going into the game every official's definition of a penalty is the same. Judgment may overshadow that at times, but I know our guys will try to do it. We're going to win the battle.

We've got great guys who can move the puck and get up in the play. Offensively do some damage, that's why we're here.

We've got good kids. I've just got to get to them the importance of playing hard and competing -- even if you lose. Go with what you know. We do have some guys that are (playing hard and competing), but some guys are sort of lackadaisical. Once we figure that out, we'll be fine.

We've got five seniors who are doing a great job of leading this team, five guys who won't accept anything but the best. There's been a positive, contagious atmosphere, and we've gotten in some good training with good intensity through some brutal heat.

We've got everybody healthy and we used a lot of guys today. We've got 11 or 12 guys swinging the bats well right now but our pitching is going to have to carry us from here on out. But we feel like we're in good shape for conference and I feel like we're as good as anybody in the state right now.

We've got enough firepower to win without him. If one person goes down, the other guys have to step up.

We've got Carlos Delgado, Carlos Beltran, Cliff Floyd, guys that have a lot of power.

We've got big guys on the front line. Me, Jeff and Roy. Jeff and I are athletic and Roy, he's 7-2. So when he gets his hands up, he's eight feet, maybe taller. So that can pose a problem to anyone, if we use it right.

We've got a young football team, particularly on offense. I worry a little bit about some of these guys getting a little bit freaked out with the length of the season, the mental grind, the physical grind that they go through,

We've got a veteran team, a talented team. We just need to go out and play like we're capable. If we don't, and guys continue to struggle, we can get beat by anybody. But I think we're made of the right stuff, and I believe in them.

We've got a veteran ballclub, and guys who are still very hungry. There's a lot of guys on this team who haven't won. This is an opportunity for us, and we don't want to let it go. There's been no panic, and guys are still banding together.

We've got a two-run lead; you can't put guys on base, especially late.

We've got a tough road ahead of us, but we've played good against guys like that, ... and we owe Oswalt a beating.

We've got a tough group of juniors who are doing pretty well. In large part, we experience success with these guys because of the time he puts in.

We've got a team full of winners, they're not used to losing like this and they don't like it. The guys are giving everything they can, but right now we just can't seem to get the luck.

We've got a (scouting report), we're trying to do something, and guys are doing their own thing. We had some chances, but we've gone oh-fer our last two games. It's hurt us.

We've got a really outstanding group of linebackers. So, we're going to rotate those guys around a bit more. Blades will be the only one that doesn't really move, but we're going to alternate some guys. We have to try to get them all on the field as much as possible.

We've got a pretty good returning nucleus of guys. Our young guys played a big role in helping us make a nice run in the tournament, and I'm sure some other people will step up and help us out next year.

We've got a pretty good feel for this team. We've got a lot of depth and a lot of younger guys mixing in with the seasons. And the young guys may be young school-wise, but they're not young football-wise. They can play.

We've got an outstanding group of guys here, with great, workman-like attitudes.

We've got a new challenge with the series against New Zealand. It'll be nice to see some black caps out there instead of the baggy green. So we're looking forward to that challenge. There is the danger that we've been playing some very hard cricket, but we've got 10 days off, which means the guys can go away and get mentally prepared for New Zealand. It's a huge series for us. I think it's a series that could define our season. We're going to be taking it very seriously - it's a very big series for us.

We've got a new center fielder, and guys have to know how he plays.

We've got a lot of young ones, but we've got a lot of guys that have state championship experience. We're still doing too much individually and not sticking to the game plan.

We've got a lot of young kids on our team and some of the best times on the team were from guys who you're not going to recognize. All those guys swam well. ... A lot of people haven't heard of them but they'd be studs on other teams.

We've got a lot of young guys who have really flown up the learning curve.

We've got a lot of young guys that have gotten on the job training.

We've got a lot of young guys playing for jobs. There's a lot of pride in our organization, in the crest on our jersey. We want to make sure we don't embarrass the crest.

We've got a lot of young guys on the team this year. Tonight, they just flat-out wrestled. They just brought it.

We've won 14 in a row, and people always want to knock you off. You use that as motivation. You don't want to be the guys who lose.

We've tried to get the guys working around the greens a little bit more effectively.

We want to qualify as many guys for state as we can. If we can do that, I'm confident that we can hold our taper for another week.

We want to put it on the defense's shoulders. More than anything we want to score on defense. We weren't able to do that, but we held on long enough so those guys could pick it up. They got in their rhythm and they did their thing.

We have to have a different mind-set - that was established today in our meetings, ... I think our players took hold of it and did a good job of practicing. It was a pretty fast practice, guys moving around where they were supposed to go.

We have to hang on to our leads. We give them away like they're candy. It's frustrating. You have to understand the personnel. We have a young team. Our guys haven't been in these situations, and they're learning.

We have to go in there and be tough. Playing an IU team you have to be mentally tough. Those guys play really hard and they take pride in playing at home. We have to go in there and be tough, execute and value the ball.

We have to give a better showing than that, ... I'm not worried about the offense. We know we can score. Give them credit, they hit some open shots, but we have to do a better job of getting a team out of their comfort zone, stopping their runs early. I know we were missing some guys and we're still trying to find ourselves but we have to play better than that.

We have to get those guys to go out with the same type of confidence they had against Cal.

We have to get some of these heavy guys up to speed quick.

We have to get quality running back play - that will be a big emphasis. We have to get those guys comfortable with our run game and our pass protection.

We have to get other guys involved. We're not just trying to win games with Allen and Chris doing all the scoring.

We have to finish the season on a good note. It doesn't matter what the outcome of the game is, but we have to feel good about ourselves. I don't think we felt like that tonight. We have a lot of guys who are injured so we need to get healthy and ready.

We have a stretch run that we're coming up on and we need all of our guns, really, for that. And Cedric is a big part of what we're trying to do running the football. Other guys will have to pick up the slack until he gets back.

We have a solid staff and we have five guys that have experience and know how to pitch. It's going to be a fun year. We've still got to go out and play the games, but we have the potential. We'll see how it plays out.

We have no stars in our camp. For us to win we have to have 17 guys playing well." ()

We have no problems with those three guys being in the lineup this time of year.

We have no idea what's going to happen or who they want back. I know some guys I want back, so discussions will take place over the next couple of weeks.

We have no communication with other players right now. Because we haven't been able to talk to one another, we don't know if it's 50 guys, 100 guys, 150 or 200 guys who feel this way.

We have new guys back there and Clarksville didn't throw the ball a lot the other night. So it could be very interesting on both sides.

We have never given up, no matter how bleak things looked. These guys are fighters; they could be losing 24-2, and they'd still never quit.

We have some backs that are good runners, but our offensive line is really coming on. That was one of our questions coming into the season, and we've got some guys that are really stepping up.

We have so many veteran guys like Willie McGinest, Mike Vrabel, Richard Seymour, Larry Izzo, guys that have been in the fire. We lose those two guys (Bruschi and Johnson), but other guys have really stepped up to really meet that challenge.

What these seniors have done is impressive. I told these guys that it used to take, eight, nine, 10 years for T.J. to win 29 games, but these guys have helped build a foundation.

What these guys are saying effectively is that pricing is tough. There's not a lot of growth, so you've got to get your cost structure in line to be able to play.

What these guys are doing out there is something that maybe 1 or 2 percent of the extreme sports fanatics can actually achieve to get out there in 18-foot waves? It's crazy.